Salvaged Guts

Salvaged Guts

Here are six sets of guts from Fleur-O-Ray 15 watt "vanity style" lights. They came from an the kitchens of old apartment complex that is being torn down. The fixtures themselves were not saved as they were in rough shape, either from years of use/abuse or from the salvage process. The sockets are Progress heart-slot sockets, some broken, some not. They also came with an assortment of 5 starters, ceramic wire nuts, and various nuts/bolts/screws/wires.

In the end I ended up with:
- 6 vintage GE potted ballasts made in July of 1950. All with good wires and all working.
- 9 unusual Progress heart-slot sockets, 4 of which went into one vintage Fleur-o-Ray fixture and 4 into another.
- 5 working FS-2 starters.

That looks like the ballast in my desk lamp that I added a starter socket to and recently replaced the switch. When I got it the wires were taped around the starter's pins and taped with masking tape. No wonder it didn't want to work.

Thanks! The fixtures themselves were in rough shape, since most were pried loose with an ax than pulled off the wall. However, of the 12 sockets, only 3 were broken. I have enough to put Progress heart-slot sockets back in this.